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Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI

Bot Auto
Location
Houston, Texas (preferred), or the San Francisco Bay Area
Posted
1 day ago
Department
Software Engineering
Salary
$160,000–$220,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 6+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting, building, shipping, and operating production-grade AI agentic applications
  • Strong backend and full-stack engineering capability
  • Strong programming skills in Python and at least one modern application language such as TypeScript/JavaScript or Go
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, data modeling, transactions/consistency, event-driven architectures
  • Strong working knowledge of cloud infrastructure, containers, CI/CD, observability, security, and production operations
Nice to have
  • Experience with MCP, LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or equivalent agent/tool orchestration frameworks
  • Experience with Temporal or another durable workflow engine
  • Experience designing RAG, hybrid retrieval, vector search, graph/knowledge systems
  • Experience with eval-driven development
  • Experience leading technical initiatives across teams
What the job really is

The Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI at Bot Auto will architect, build, and operate production-grade AI systems and workflows. This role involves end-to-end ownership of software products, including backend services, full-stack applications, and integrations with enterprise tools. The engineer will also design data architectures, establish engineering patterns, and collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure robust production operations.

Things to weigh
  • No specific benefits listed
  • Salary range provided only for California candidates, which may not apply to all locations
  • Role requires a deep understanding of complex AI systems and production issues, which may be challenging for some candidates
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